Tabitha Kirkland

Ph.D. Candidate in Social Psychology 1835 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 614.636.2828 kirkland.37@osu.edu tabithakirkland.com

Education
Ph.D. The Ohio State University (expected 2013). Advisor: William A. Cunningham. M.A. The Ohio State University (2010). Advisor: William A. Cunningham. Thesis: Emotion categories reflect affective trajectories through time. B.A. University of California, San Diego (2007). Advisors: Piotr Winkielman & Nicholas Christenfeld. Graduated with high honors.

Teaching Experience & Awards

Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Students Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Certificate of Training in the Teaching of Psychology Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Course Instructor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Average student evaluation rating: 4.7 / 5 - General Psychology: winter 2010, spring 2010 Prepared and delivered lectures and activities 2-3 times per week to classes of approximately 40 students; prepared and graded short-response quizzes; graded multiple-choice exams; held office hours - Introduction to Social Psychology: autumn 10, winter 11, spring 11, winter 12 Prepared and delivered lectures and activities 2 times per week to classes ranging in size from 14-55 students; created an interactive online forum for students; taught writing skills; created paper assignments and graded papers; created and graded short-response quizzes and exams; held office hours Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University - Interpersonal Relationships: autumn 2009 (class size: 120) Led discussion sections and prepared discussion activities; graded papers and exams; held office hours Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego - Social Cognition: spring 2007 (class size: 350) Developed an online participation and discussion forum to make the large class size feel more intimate; graded quizzes and exams; held office hours - Introduction to Psychology: autumn 2006 (class size: 400) Graded quizzes and exams; held office hours 2006-2007 2009 2010-2012 2012 2011-2012

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Publications
Cunningham, W. A., & Kirkland, T. (in press). Emotion, cognition, and the classical elements of mind. Emotion Review. Cunningham, W. A., & Kirkland, T. (in press). The joyful, yet balanced, amygdala: Moderated responses to positive but not negative stimuli in trait happiness. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience. Gruber, J., Cunningham, W. A., Kirkland, T., & Hay, A. (2012). Feeling stuck in the present? Mania proneness and history associated with present-oriented time perspective. Emotion, 12, 13-17. Jones, C. R., Kirkland, T., & Cunningham, W. A. (in press). Attitudes, evaluation, and emotion regulation. To appear in J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. Kirkland, T., & Cunningham, W. A. (2012). Mapping emotions through time: How affective trajectories inform the language of emotion. Emotion, 12, 268-282. Kirkland, T., & Cunningham, W. A. (2011). Neural basis of affect and emotion. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Sciences, 2, 656-665. Kirkland, T., Man, V., & Cunningham, W. A. (in press). Positive emotion and the brain: The neuroscience of happiness. To appear in J. Gruber and J. Moskowitz (Eds.), The light and dark sides of positive emotion. Oxford University Press.

Manuscripts Under Review / In Preparation

Kirkland, T., Gruber, J., & Cunningham, W. A. (in preparation). Unpacking positive affect: Manifestations of extraversion and neuroticism in subjective happiness. Kirkland, T., Man, V., & Cunningham, W. A. (in preparation). Reconsidering positive neuroscience: A dynamic approach to happiness. Montross, L., Palinkas, L. A., Meier, E. A., Iglewicz, A., Kirkland, T., & Zisook, S. (under review). Yearning to be heard: What patients teach us about suicide risk and effective interventions.

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Research Honors & Awards

Marilynn B. Brewer Graduate Research Award, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Deans Graduate Enrichment Fellowship, The Ohio State University. Funding for dissertation completion. H. Dean & Susan Regis Gibson Research Award, Center for Cognitive & Behavioral Brain Imaging, The Ohio State University. Grant for fMRI research proposal Amygdala activation links happiness to perception. Social & Affective Neuroscience Society Poster Award for The joyful amygdala: The motivational salience of positive stimuli in trait happiness. Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University. 2010-2011 2012 2012 2012-2013 2013

Presentations
Cunningham, W. A., & Kirkland, T. (2012/01). Mapping emotions through time: How affective trajectories inform emotion. Paper presented at the Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Cunningham, W. A., & Kirkland, T. (2011/11). The joyful amygdala: The motivational salience of positive stimuli in trait happiness. Poster presented to the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Cunningham, W. A., & Kirkland, T. (2011/10). Mapping emotions through time: How affective trajectories inform emotion. Paper presented to the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Washington, DC. Hasinski, A. E., Kirkland, T., & Cunningham, W. A. (2009/02). Affective predictors of relearning expected value. Poster presented at the Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. Kirkland, T., Gruber, J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2012/05). Portraits of positive affect: Differentiating happiness from hypomania. Paper presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Kirkland, T., & Cunningham, W. A. (2012/04). The joyful amygdala: The motivational salience of positive stimuli in trait happiness. Poster presented to the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, New York, NY. Recipient of SANS prize for top 5% in submission category.

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Kirkland, T., Gruber, J., & Cunningham, W. A. (2012/01). Not all good feelings are alike: Differentiating happiness from hypomania. Poster presented to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Kirkland, T. & Cunningham, W. A. (2011/05). Mapping emotions through time: How affective trajectories inform the language of emotion. Paper presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Kirkland, T. & Cunningham, W. A. (2011/01). Constructing happiness from ordinary experiences. Poster presented at the Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX. Kirkland, T. & Cunningham, W. A. (2010/01). The psychological construction of basic emotions from hedonic trajectories. Poster presented to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV. Kirkland, T., Hasinski, A. E., & Cunningham, W. A. (2009/02). Affective responses to risky decisions. Poster presented at the Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Department and University Service

Academic Development Coordinator, Social Behavior Interest Group Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Treasurer, Social Behavior Interest Group Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Judge, Psychology Undergraduate Research Colloquium Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University Judge, Denman Undergraduate Research Colloquium The Ohio State University Graduate Recruitment Coordinator, Social Area Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University 2011 2011 2012 2010-2012 2012-2013

Professional Service and Development

Ad Hoc Reviewer: NeuroImage; Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence UCLA-Semel Institute Summer Neuroimaging Training Program, Los Angeles, CA. Intensive summer program on advanced topics in neuroimaging 2011 2010-2012

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Memberships
American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Midwestern Psychological Association Social & Affective Neuroscience Society Society for Personality and Social Psychology Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Media
Brain scans of happy people help explain their rose-tinted outlook. The Guardian, 11/16/11. o Reprinted in The Daily Mail, Sydney Morning Herald, Times of India, and others.

References
William A. Cunningham, Ph.D. Primary advisor

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Research Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University cunningham@psych.utoronto.ca | 416.978.8810 Richard E. Petty, Ph.D. Secondary advisor

Chair, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University petty.1@osu.edu | 614.292.3038 Robert M. Arkin, Ph.D. Teaching supervisor

Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University arkin.2@osu.edu | 614.292.2726